Soft condensed matter

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0378-4371(02)01032-4
Reference D. Frenkel, Soft condensed matter, Physica A 313, 1-31 (2002)

These lectures illustrate some of the concepts of soft-condensed matter physics,taking examples from colloid physics.Many of the theoretical concepts will be illustrated with the results of computer simulations.After a brief introduction describing interactions between colloids, the paper focuses on colloidal phase behavior (in particular,entropic phase transitions),colloidal hydrodynamics and colloidal nucleation.